Heaven Hill Distillery today celebrated the grand opening of the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience in Bardstown, Ky. The expansion, renovation and renaming are the culmination of a multi-year $125 million investment in Kentucky’s signature industry and model for the future of tourism since 2018. The state-of-the-art visitor center received a $19 million upgrade to become an interactive, educational space offering ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Although it’s not well-known to the public at large, I’m a fight fan and amateur boxer, and I’ve been studying the Sweet Science for three decades now. So, when someone asks me if I want to try a bourbon named “Puncher’s Chance,” my answer is to smile and say “of course!” In my book, this ...

As part of its acclaimed Distillery Series, Woodford Reserve has released a new limited-edition product that is a blend of Bourbon finished in French and California Brandy barrels. The result is a unique liquid with hints of caramel and chocolate-coated vanilla wafer laced with cotton candy and citrus peel. Woodford Reserve Brandy Cask Finished Bourbon has brown sugar notes that ...

Wild Turkey’s second-generation Master Distiller Eddie Russell has introduced Russell’s Reserve 13 Year Old, a 114.8-proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon that, once again, exemplifies the Russell family’s mastery of bourbon-making. “Crafting Russell’s Reserve 13 Year Old turned out to be one of my most rewarding experiences as a distiller,“ said Eddie Russell, who celebrates an astounding 40 years of bourbon making ...

Corrected June 15, 2021 By Richard Thomas Rating: A- When the father and son team of Lincoln and Wes Henderson founded Angel’s Envy, it was based squarely on taking mature bourbon and finishing it in Port casks. That might seem like a no-brainer in today’s world, when cask finished limited editions are everywhere, but not so when the Hendersons started ...